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Treatment of chronic ulcers of the leg

by: Wellcome Library

Publication date: 1933

Usage: Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States

Topics: Dermatology, Surgery, Plastic, Leg, Ulcer -- therapy, Skin Transplantation, Varicose Veins, Medical sciences, Surgery, Dermatology, Surgery, Plastic, Leg, Ulcer -- therapy, Skin Transplantation, Varicose Veins, Surgeons.

Publisher: Produced by A. Dickson Wright.

Rights: British Medical Associaton Wellcome Trust 2008

Item Size: 649.3M

A film showing the treatment of ulceration of leg veins by injection with sodium morrhuate and by skin grafting methods. The first part shows the injection of ulcerated leg veins with sodium morrhuate. Problems with using excessive dosage are shown with examples of necrosis. Injection into an exposed vein under anaesthetic is shown. The second part shows skin grafts being cut with stencil under local anaesthesia and the graft being inserted beneath the granulations of the ulcer. 6 segments.